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31 U.S.C. § 1301 — Application
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**(a)** Appropriations shall be applied only to the objects for which the appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law.
**(b)** The reappropriation and diversion of the unexpended balance of an appropriation for a purpose other than that for which the appropriation originally was made shall be construed and accounted for as a new appropriation. The unexpended balance shall be reduced by the amount to be diverted.
**(c)** An appropriation in a regular, annual appropriation law may be construed to be permanent or available continuously only if the appropriation—
(1) is for rivers and harbors, lighthouses, public buildings, or the pay of the Navy and Marine Corps; or
(2) expressly provides that it is available after the fiscal year covered by the law in which it appears.
**(d)** A law may be construed to make an appropriation out of the Treasury or to authorize making a contract for the payment of money in excess of an appropriation only if the law specifically states that an appropriation is made or that such a contract may be made.
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**(a)** Appropriations shall be applied only to the objects for which the appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law.
**(b)** The reappropriation and diversion of the unexpended balance of an appropriation for a purpose other than that for which the appropriation originally was made shall be construed and accounted for as a new appropriation. The unexpended balance shall be reduced by the amount to be diverted.
**(c)** An appropriation in a regular, annual appropriation law may be construed to be permanent or available continuously only if the appropriation—
(1) is for rivers and harbors, lighthouses, public buildings, or the pay of the Navy and Marine Corps; or
(2) expressly provides that it is available after the fiscal year covered by the law in which it appears.
**(d)** A law may be construed to make an appropriation out of the Treasury or to authorize making a contract for the payment of money in excess of an appropriation only if the law specifically states that an appropriation is made or that such a contract may be made.
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For the purpose of this title, “Executive agency” means an Executive department, a Government corporation, and an independent establishment.
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**(a)** No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Federal Government may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Government, including the President, the Vice President, a Member of Congress, the head of an executive agency, or the head of an office of the legislative branch.
**(b)** In this section—
(1) the term “executive agency” has the meaning given the term in [section 133 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section133&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) the term “Member of Congress” includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Congress.
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**(a)** Under regulations of the Comptroller General, the Comptroller General shall audit the Internal Revenue Service and the Tax and Trade Bureau, Department of the Treasury, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Department of Justice of the Department of the Treasury.11 So in original. An audit under this section does not affect a final decision of the Secretary of the Treasury under section 6406 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ([26 U.S.C. 6406](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section6406&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(b)**
(1) To carry out this section and to the extent provided by and only subject to section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ([26 U.S.C. 6103](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section6103&num=0&edition=prelim))—
(A) returns and return information (as defined in section 6103(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ([26 U.S.C. 6103(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section6103/b&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall be made available to the Comptroller General; and
(B) records and property of, or used by, the Service or either Bureau, shall be made available to the Comptroller General.
(2) At least once every 6 months, the Comptroller General shall designate each officer and employee of the Government Accountability Office by name and title to whom returns, return information, or records or property of the Service or either Bureau that can identify a particular taxpayer may be made available. Each designation or a certified copy of the designation shall be sent to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of th
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**(a)**
(1) Except as specified in this subchapter or any other provision of law, an officer or employee of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia government may not—
(A) make or authorize an expenditure or obligation exceeding an amount available in an appropriation or fund for the expenditure or obligation;
(B) involve either government in a contract or obligation for the payment of money before an appropriation is made unless authorized by law;
(C) make or authorize an expenditure or obligation of funds required to be sequestered under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; or
(D) involve either government in a contract or obligation for the payment of money required to be sequestered under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(2) This subsection does not apply to a corporation getting amounts to make loans (except paid in capital amounts) without legal liability of the United States Government.
**(b)** An article to be used by an executive department in the District of Columbia that could be bought out of an appropriation made to a regular contingent fund of the department may not be bought out of another amount available for obligation.
**(c)**
(1) In this subsection—
(A) the term “covered lapse in appropriations” means any lapse in appropriations that begins on or after December 22, 2018;
(B) the term “District of Columbia public employer” means—
(i) the District of Columbia Courts;
(ii) the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia; or
(iii) the District of Columbia government;
(C) the term “employee” includes an officer; and
(D) the term “excepted employee” means an excepted employee or an employee performing
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**(a)** On September 30 of each year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Treasury trust fund receipt account “Unclaimed Moneys of Individuals Whose Whereabouts are Unknown” that part of the balance of a trust fund account named in section 1321(a)(1)–(82) of this title or an analogous trust fund established under [section 1321(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1321/b&num=0&edition=prelim) that has been in the fund for more than one year and represents money belonging to individuals whose whereabouts are unknown. Subsequent claims to the transferred funds shall be paid from the account “Unclaimed Moneys of Individuals Whose Whereabouts are Unknown”.
**(b)** Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, necessary amounts are appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments from—
(1) the Treasury trust fund receipt account “Unclaimed Moneys of Individuals Whose Whereabouts are Unknown”; and
(2) the United States Government account “Refund of Moneys Erroneously Received and Covered” and other collections erroneously deposited that are not properly chargeable to another appropriation.
**(c)**
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall hold in the Treasury trust fund receipt account “Unclaimed Moneys of Individuals Whose Whereabouts Are Unknown” the balance remaining after the final distribution of unclaimed Postal Savings System deposits under subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 13, 1971 (Public Law 92–117; 85 Stat. 337). The Secretary shall use the balance to pay claims for Postal Savings System deposits without regard to the State law or the law of other jurisdictions of deposit concerning the disposition of unclaimed or abandoned property.
(2) Necessar
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The Congress declares that it is essential—
(1) to assure effective congressional control over the budgetary process;
(2) to provide for the congressional determination each year of the appropriate level of Federal revenues and expenditures;
(3) to provide a system of impoundment control;
(4) to establish national budget priorities; and
(5) to provide for the furnishing of information by the executive branch in a manner that will assist the Congress in discharging its duties.
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**(a)** The head of an Executive department or military department may detail employees among the bureaus and offices of his department, except employees who are required by law to be exclusively engaged on some specific work.
**(b)**
(1) Details under subsection (a) of this section may be made only by written order of the head of the department, and may be for not more than 120 days. These details may be renewed by written order of the head of the department, in each particular case, for periods not exceeding 120 days.
(2) The 120-day limitation in paragraph (1) for details and renewals of details does not apply to the Department of Defense in the case of a detail—
(A) made in connection with the closure or realignment of a military installation pursuant to a base closure law or an organizational restructuring of the Department as part of a reduction in the size of the armed forces or the civilian workforce of the Department; and
(B) in which the position to which the employee is detailed is eliminated on or before the date of the closure, realignment, or restructuring.
**(c)** For purposes of this section, the term “base closure law” has the meaning given such term in [section 101(a)(17) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section101/a/17&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE
§ 1301
Sec.
1347.
Appropriations or authorizations required for
agencies in existence for more than one
year.
1348.
Telephone installation and charges.
1349.
Adverse personnel actions.
1350.
Criminal penalty.
1351.
Reports on violations.
1352.
Limitation on use of appropriated funds to in-
fluence certain Federal contracting and fi-
nancial transactions.
1353.
Acceptance of travel and related expenses
from non-Federal sources.
1354.
Limitation on use of appropriated funds for
contracts with entities not meeting vet-
erans’ employment reporting requirements.
1355.
Prohibition on use of funds for portraits.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–158, § 2(b), Mar. 27, 2018, 132 Stat.
1242, added item 1355. Item was added to the analysis
for this chapter to reflect the probable intent of Con-
gress, notwithstanding directory language amending
the analysis for subchapter III of this chapter.
1998—Pub. L. 105–339, § 7(b)(2), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat.
3189, added item 1354.
1990—Pub. L. 101–280, § 4(b)(2), May 4, 1990, 104 Stat.
157, redesignated item 1352 ‘‘Acceptance of travel and
related expenses from non-Federal sources’’ as 1353.
1989—Pub. L. 101–194, title III, § 302(b), Nov. 30, 1989,
103 Stat. 1746, added item 1352 ‘‘Acceptance of travel
and related expenses from non-Federal sources’’.
Pub. L. 101–121, title III, § 319(a)(2), Oct. 23, 1989, 103
Stat. 756, added item 1352 ‘‘Limitation on use of appro-
priated funds to influence certain Federal contracting
and financial transactions’’.
1986—Pub. L. 99–550, § 1(b), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3070,
substituted ‘‘Passenger carrier use’’ for ‘‘Passenger
motor vehicle and aircraft use’’ in item 1344.
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL
§ 1301. Application
(a) A
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